Chairman’s Letter – New business ideas A desert is a tough place with few life-sustaining resources and harsh conditions that are too challenging for
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The entrepreneurial fabric of Oasis500 reaches out to all spectra of the Jordanian society
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oasis500 emphasizes that “a Successful Entrepreneur Learns More from Failure than from Success”. Dr. Usama Fayyad,
KDD 2013’s KDD Cup Competition to Foster Scientific Collaboration with a Data Set from Microsoft Academic Search
The world’s leading Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining conference (KDD 2013), organized by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery
Chairman’s Letter – Grow your company
We are excited to announce that we have launched a new investment grow company track targeting more established businesses. This track complements our seed
5 Takeaway Questions from Arabnet Beirut 2013
Despite the conflict next door, Arabnet Beirut managed to rally a good crowd this year for new debates on the state of tech entrepreneurship
Oasis500 seeking to invest in 110 firms
Oasis500, the accelerator investment fund founded in Jordan, is looking to invest in about 110 start-ups and existing companies this year. That is almost
Assessing Lebanon’s startup ecosystem
Over the past several years Lebanon has come a long way in developing an entrepreneurship ecosystem, particularly in generating excitement among young people. But
Start It up: Turning Ideas Into Viable Business
How do you create viable business in the Middle East? GC investigates… Just five years ago, an entrepreneur’s best bet to raise money for
Big Data Mining
The term “Big Data” appeared for first time in 1998 in a Silicon Graphics (SGI) slide deck by John Mashey with the title “Big
Jordan’s MENA ICT Forum: Bigger, Bolder, Now with Mentorship
Organised by int@j, the MENA ICT Forum returned bigger and bolder this year, to bring many of the region’s tech movers and shakers to the